~ Principal's Perspective~
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Dear Friends,
We need
YOUR
help on Thursday, Feb. 8
th. We are bringing a fun and exciting Science show called
Spin, Pop, Boom to HCA for an Open House evening.
PLEASE PUT THIS ON YOUR CALENDAR NOW AND BRING FRIENDS. A group called MAD SCIENCE is coming to amaze and thrill us with cool experiments that will teach and excite kids about chemistry and physics. After the show, our classrooms will be open and each one will have a short, fun, age-appropriate STEM activity that our guests may try.
Our students will be the presenters so
PLEASE make sure to
save the night. Posters are available in the office to put up in your church and town.
HCA is
God’s school and it is up to us all to do our parts to make it known to others. We have plenty of room right now and would love to see every room more full next year. In our churches and towns
there are kids whom God may be calling through each one of us to receive a Christian school education. They are out there; please reach out and say something! Massachusetts is one of the most spiritually dark states in the country and our prayer is to raise up students with a strong foundation in Christ who will stand firm with God for the sake of their own families as well as the Church at large. The cultural battle was lost years ago. We are now
preaching to the remnant and the stakes have never been higher. We need to work together, harder than ever before, to keep Christian school education available in Central Massachusetts.
Years ago we decided to make
February and March very exciting at HCA. That is how the
Read-a-thon got scheduled during this time. It helped a great deal. Over the years it has become more streamlined and very effective. In addition to
raising over $17,000 last year, there was a palpable
excitement about books. Kids were reading, trading books, and talking about authors and stories while walking in the halls. Mrs. Lucier reported a
huge jump in reading levels after the Read-a-thon because students were reading so much in a short amount of time - a win-win! The staff are all participating as well. The joy of reading is contagious. Every year we try to beat our last year’s record. Now with the internet it is a cinch!
Please remember to
send out those group e-mails and ask, ask, ask. We are in it together and prayerfully through our collective efforts we will raise the funds we need and bring in all the children God wants to be here!
Working together for
eternal reasons,
Susan Hayward, Principal
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Spin, Pop, Boom:
Open House Feb 8th
Spin, Pop, Boom: a Mad Science Show, will be presented at Holden Christian Academy on
Thursday, February 8th, 2018, from
6:30pm to 8:30pm. Your family will be amazed when the Mad Scientist is able to defy gravity in this energetic and spectacular special event. Didgeridoo tubes, foaming hands and steaming chemical reactions will introduce children to a world of exciting chemistry.
FREE ADMISSION. Presentation will be followed by fun STEM activities in every grade. (PreK through 8th Grade). Please come ... and bring your friends and family!
Snow date: Feb 15th
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Ice Cream Fridays
Mrs. Gilbert will be here on Fridays once again! Students may purchase an ice cream treat for $1.00 after lunch on Fridays. If you would like your student to have this treat, please send them in with $1.00 cash on Fridays.
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Jan 26 Read-a-thon book swap
Jan 29 Read-a-thon (until March 1st)
Feb 8
Open House - Spin, Pop, Boom (6:30pm)
Feb 19-23 Mid-winter break (No School)
Feb 28
African Children's Choir (7pm)
March 16 HCA hosts ACSI Early Childhood Conference
March 20 Spring Picture Day
March 23 Development Day (Home School Day)
March 24
Open House - Animal Adventures (Sat, 2-4pm)
March 29 Term 3 ends
March 30-Apr 2 Good Friday/Easter Monday (No School)
April 6 Africa Day
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IMPORTANT: HOST FAMILIES NEEDED
to house the African Children's Choir. Please contact the school office if you can help.
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HCA Open House:
Animal Adventures
Animal Adventures will present: African Animals, at Holden Christian Academy on
Saturday, March 24th, 2018, from
2:00pm to 4:00pm.
FREE ADMISSION. Presentation will be followed by an Animal Safari all over the school. (PreK through 8th Grade). Please come ... and bring your friends and family!
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A Note from the Music Room
A
BIG
thank you t
o David Bolivar for fixing the worship team keyboard! We appreciate you!!
There are a few slots open for music lessons for Term 3, for students in Grades 3-8. Please see Mrs. Bleau for more information or a sign up sheet.
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Service Hours Opportunities
- Host Families Needed - for the African Children's Choir
- Parent Poster Patrol - hang open house posters everywhere
- Open House Set-up, Break Down, etc.
- Recess Monitors (11:30-12 pm; 12:30-1 pm)
- Before School Monitor (7:30-8 AM)
- Parent Prayer Team Weekly (see: Parent Prayer Team, below)
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From the Art Room
Ongoing need for art room:
Styrofoam egg cartons
. Please cut off the cover and flap. They are used for paint pallets.
Term 3 Art Project for Grades 5-8
Grades 5-8 will be making African Wrap Dolls
Traditionally, these are make out of trash or recycled items- buying things is not allowed.
Please start scrounging for junk to make an awesome Wrap Doll (Boys usually make the coolest ones) All middle school students must bring in stuff for this project- and we will encourage sharing of the loot!
A homework sheet will be sent home for them to start to collect junk. Items are due the week of February 26. “Shopping” at the recycle center is ok.
We will need-
- Ball of yarn- for the head
- Felt, Ribbon, lace, Fringe, buttons, roping
- Things that could be made into a sword or hat
- Laundry bottle covers (for a drum or hat)
- pom-poms
- Something for a shield or purse
- Junk jewelry
- Royal looking things for a king/queen
- Stuff for a soldier
- interesting fabric: bright, glittery, shiny, netting, etc.
- Anything you don’t want that may be useful for a doll
Clean out the junk drawer!
The students are encouraged to come up with their own ideas on what junk could become what accessory on their doll. I have a few examples from years past.
Thank you!! ~Mrs. M
Pam Mikolajczyk
Art teacher,
Holden Christian Academy
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Do you believe in the power of prayer? Has God laid a burden on your heart to pray for our school? The parent led HCA Prayer Team meets Thursday mornings immediately after drop-off at the Holden Chapel prayer room. Feel free to send prayer requests directly to the school office.
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website.
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From BoxTops, to Read-A-Thons, to running a 5K, there are many ways you can help support HCA. Even shopping on
smile.Amazon.com
, can earn cash for our school, with no extra effort or expense. Find out all the ways to participate on our Support HCA page!
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